Hey friend - Julia Nelson Alexander Stierhof for Jemma Endersby live at Walhalla video free download

Sit back and enjoy this amazing evening of live music!

First of all listen to singer/ songwriter Julia Nelson performs four songs together with her backing boys Lawrence Richards on vocals and Alex Stierhof aka Junior on cajon and beatbox.

And then the main act of the night:

Singer/ songwriter Jemma Endersby live and unplugged with band!

She performs 12 songs from her latest EP Flow and her album Afterglow.

Performed live at the Walhalla Wiesbaden on the 24th April 2009

All songs written and performed by Julia Nelson and Jemma Endersby

Links:

www.walhalla-studio.de

www.myspace.com/jemmaendersby

www.endersby.de

www.indievisuals.de

Kontakt:

[email protected]

Recorded on DV with Panasonic HVX200

Sound recorded with Tascam DR-1

Special thanks to Pille Film Wiesbaden

Camera Operator Julia Nelson part: Arnold Gralinksi

Camera Operator Jemma Endersby part: Lawrence Richards

Shot; edited and uploaded by Lawrence Richards

About Jemma Endersby

In the midst of the current singer-songwriter flourish; including the likes of KT Tunstall; James Morrison and Norah Jones; stands Jemma Endersby a shining new songwriting energy from the UK.

Jemma; who has been singing since everyone can remember; was born into a working class family in urban Bedford. The youngest of four children; her passion for music was both nurtured by her mother's love of Ella Fitzgerald and Queen and her father's quirky fanaticism for classical music. Early recollections of being made to lie on the living room floor and listen to the dying swan by Camille Saint-Saens; always brings back a giggle of fond memories.

After finding ardour in school choirs; volunteering for all the solo parts; nine year old jemma wrote and performed her first song back then in a school assembly. Always embracing opportunities to perform; Jemma began to develop what's been described as a raw natural talent her strengths being her warm; energetic stage presence; vocal flexibility and ability to completely throw herself into a performance.

After graduating from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 1999; she left the UK for the continent; where she wrote and recorded 'Afterglow'; her debut album in 2002.

With a voice evoking the clear bluesy tones of Norah Jones but delivering the sassy soul punch of KT Tunstall; Jemma has established herself as a writing force to be reckoned with in her adopted hometown of Cologne. Her melancholic melange of classic acoustic-pop; with unexpected harmonic twists and a pinch of jazzy-soul; leaves her listeners humming the melody and asking themselves 'What was that song again?'

An earthy an honest stage performer; Jemma keeps things intimate and brings the event of the song back to basics. 'If I can make a song work with just me and my guitar and get that gut feeling; then the song stays.'

Jemma loves working with vocal harmonies and has spent the last year working intensively as a backing singer for well known German and international pop and soul artists; including Joy Denalane (DE); Yvonne Catterfeld (DE); Gia Farrell (US) and the German Pop Idol live band.

'When I write; the backgrounds are almost always there from the word go. I love working with those crunchy part harmonies...think of Crosby Stills and Nash or Crowded House ? I would drive my brother crazy when we were growing up cause I would never sing the 'bloody' melody.'

Her long awaited EP 'Flow'; showcases classic songs that hark back to the timeless bullet-proof era of Carol King and Joni Mitchell; while signifying the emotional maturity of an honest urban English heart.